To be or not to be differentOur culture

The team at Merlon Intelligence is that rare concoction, a blend of seemingly mismatched parts, that brought together are creating something previously considered impossible. We like asking “why not ” and challenging the status quo. We don’t have a motto, but if we did it would probably sound a lot like “If you keep doing the same thing over and over, why would you expect the result to change?

Try something different.” So we did.

We dare you!

Is it time to try something different? Whether you’re just getting started or maybe you’ve been at this for a while and need a change, Merlon Intelligence might be the place for you. But first, a few questions to help you decide. Are looking for a job? If you answered yes, you might want to consider searching the job placement websites.

Being on the Merlon team is a lot of things — unique, crazy, amazing, industry-changing, lifelong friend building — but one thing it isn’t: just a job. So if you’re a bridge-jumping, cold-water swimming, no challenge too big, setting-the-world-on-fire type of person you might be just the right fit with the rest of us!

And don’t hesitate just because you don’t see an opening listed for your skillset. We look at the person first and the role second. Also, we’re growing faster than our webmaster can update the listings. Speaking of webmasters…

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Leadership

Bradford Cross

CEO

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Bradford is the founder and CEO of Merlon Intelligence, Inc. He is also a founding partner at DCVC, a leading machine learning and big data venture capital fund. Bradford has founded two machine learning startups since 2009. Prismatic used machine learning for personalized content ranking and natural language processing for topic classification. Flightcaster used machine learning to predict the real-time state of the global air traffic network, using FAA, carrier and weather data.

Bradford has been a hedge fund investor since 2002, starting with statistical value and momentum strategies at O’Higgins Asset Management, and a venture investor since 2010 as a founding partner of Data Collective.

He has spent 7 years building statistical trading strategies, 6 years building machine learning startups and 8 years on systems engineering, including 2 years working on distributed systems at Google.

Bradford studied Computer Engineering and Finance at Virginia Tech, and Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Stephen Epstein

Chief Innovation Officer

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As Chief Innovation Officer at Merlon Intelligence, Stephen leverages his extensive industry experience to drive the company’s solution direction, roadmap, and go-to-market strategy. Stephen previously ran product strategy for Mantas, a leading financial crimes and compliance solutions company which was acquired by Oracle, and he was also in change of product marketing for Digital Reasoning, a leader in AI enabled solutions. With 25 years’ experience within the financial services industry, Stephen also held leading technology and product positions at Deutsche Bank, JPMC and CDC Capital where he helped automate front office trading and back office compliance functions.

Jason Beck

Head of Marketing

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As Head of Marketing at Merlon Intelligence, Jason is responsible for building the company’s global brand, creating awareness for its solutions, and overseeing the go-to-market execution. Jason previously oversaw branding, public relations, and communications at Digital Reasoning, a leader in providing Artificial Intelligence solutions for financial services, healthcare, and government. Also, Jason retired from the U.S. Army after serving on Active Duty and in the U.S. Army Reserves for nearly 23 years in various Military Intelligence and Public Affairs positions, including several senior roles in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Jason received his Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of the South (Sewanee) and graduated from both the Defense Information School (Ft. Meade) and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College.

Lindsay Kulkin

Customer Success Management

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Lindsay oversees customer success at Merlon Intelligence, and works closely with our customers to align their organizational business and product priorities and develop the strategic and operational plans to enable future adoption and growth of our product suite.
Most recently Lindsay was a Technology Strategy Manager at Accenture where she led strategy consulting teams to identify new technology innovations aimed to reduce costs and drive business value for Fortune 500 high-tech, media, and financial services companies. Prior to Accenture, Lindsay worked in AI research at the National Science Foundation applying machine learning to medical imaging diagnostics targeted to streamline patient timeline to diagnosis.
Outside of work, Lindsay has headed pro-bono technology consulting initiatives with Dress for Success Worldwide and Northern NJ, and is an active member and mentor to local nonprofits advocating for diversity in tech.
Lindsay earned her B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Syracuse University.

Alex Bores

Director of Business Development

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Alex oversees growth in Merlon Intelligence’s business. He focuses on building relationships and strategies that match the capabilities of Merlon with the needs of its customers. Previously, Alex was one of the U.S. Government leads of Palantir, one of the largest privately-held start-ups (valued at $20B), where he oversaw Strategic Partnerships over a nine-figure portfolio and helped regulators, statisticians, and lawyers make sense of massive amounts of data. Before Palantir, Alex worked at Cornerstone Research, a leading economic litigation consulting firm, where he helped banks and governments understand risk and potential liabilities from market activity.

Alex’s graduate educational background is in Computer Science and Machine Learning from Georgia Tech; his undergraduate education is in Economics and Industrial & Labor Relations from Cornell University, where he was a Truman Scholar and served on the Board of Trustees.

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Advisors

Chuck Muckenfuss III

Gibson Dunn

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Mr. Muckenfuss has over 40 years of senior experience in financial services, including 33 years as partner at Gibson Dunn, and public service as Senior Deputy Comptroller of the OCC and as Counsel to the Chairman of the FDIC. He is a leader in financial institutions supervision and regulation and an advisor and investor at the intersection of finance and technology.

Michael Marcus

Marcus Partners

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Michael Marcus is the founder of Marcus Partners, LLC, a strategic advisory firm to major retail financial services organizations. He is a Senior Advisor to The Boston Consulting Group, and to Argus Information and Advisory Services (a Verisk company). Michael also serves as an Advisory Board member to a number of startups in the FinTech, RegTech, and alternative data spaces.

Neal Wolin

The Brunswick Group

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Neal Wolin is CEO of Brunswick Group. Previously, he was Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury and Acting Secretary of the Treasury. Neal is an equity partner at Data Collective Venture Capital and a board partner at the Social + Capital Partnership. He is also an advisor to Nyca Partners, a venture capital and advisory firm focused on financial technology.